Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (Rebecca West) Quotes
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
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The politics have always been difficult in medicine. There is some truth in the way medical practice is portrayed in TV dramas.
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The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.
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Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.
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The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from palling reality - hence, phenomena rather than persons are the logical 'heroes.'
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AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
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When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.
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If you think something is impossible, then it certainly is... for you.
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Every season I am inspired by women.
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Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
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Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
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I cannot ever accept the kind of conditions where you can sacrifice someone’s rights.
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I thought back to my middle-school experience of having slumber parties and watching Romeo + Juliet and staring at Leo and thinking about my first kiss and what I wanted it to be like. And when you have your first real love, it's an epiphany, you know? It's like a whole new world.
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Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.
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The past will always affect me, and I will keep that in mind while remembering that how it played out is only my starting point, not my final destination.
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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
